Cell ID and antenna port configurations for EPDCCH

• US 9,794,923 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2015
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Gaal, Peter, Chen, Wanshi, Xu, Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): Jaroenchonwanit, Bunjob
• Application Number:
  US14/842,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 777 Days
• Field of Search: 370310, 370329-337
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2613 Structure of the reference signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0025 Spatial division following the spatial signature of the channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A method of wireless communication is provided which includes receiving, at a first user equipment (UE), a first reference signal on a first set of resource elements of a first enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH). The first reference signal is mapped to a same set of antenna ports that are mapped to a second reference signal transmitted on a second set of resource elements of a second EPDCCH to at least a second UE. Furthermore, the first set of resource elements and the second set of resource elements have been selected from shared resource elements. The first set of resource elements differ from the second set of resource elements. The method also includes descrambling the received first reference signal based at least in part on a cell identification (ID) and demodulating a signal based at least in part on the descrambled first reference signal.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

mapping, at a first user equipment (UE), a receiver of the first UE to a set of antenna ports of a base station that are mapped to a second UE, such that the set of antenna ports are shared with the second UE, and a plurality of resource elements of the set of antenna ports are shared between the first UE and the second UE;

configuring, at the first UE, the receiver to receive a first reference signal on a first set of resource elements of a first enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) transmitted from the set of antenna ports, a second reference signal intended for the second UE transmitted on a second set of resource elements of a second EPDCCH from the set of antenna ports, the first set of resource elements and the second set of resource elements selected from the plurality of resource elements, and the first set of resource elements differing from the second set of resource elements;

receiving, at the first UE from the base station, the first reference signal on the first set of resource elements of the first EPDCCH transmitted from the set of antenna ports;

descrambling the received first reference signal based at least in part on a cell identification (ID) shared with the second UE; and

demodulating a signal based at least in part on the descrambled first reference signal.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the cell ID is a physical cell ID or a virtual cell ID.

3. The method of claim 1, in which the first EPDCCH is a distributed EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH is a localized EPDCCH.

4. The method of claim 1, in which both the first EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH are distributed EPDCCHs.

5. The method of claim 1, in which the first EPDCCH is a unicast EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH is a broadcast EPDCCH.

6. The method of claim 1, in which the first reference signal comprises a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS).

7. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

means for mapping, at a first user equipment (UE), a receiver of the first UE to a set of antenna ports of a base station that are mapped to a second UE, such that the set of antenna ports are shared with the second UE, and a plurality of resource elements of the set of antenna ports are shared between the first UE and the second UE;

means for configuring, at the first UE, the receiver to receive a first reference signal on a first set of resource elements of a first enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) transmitted from the set of antenna ports, a second reference signal intended for the second UE transmitted on a second set of resource elements of a second EPDCCH from the set of antenna ports, the first set of resource elements and the second set of resource elements selected from the plurality of resource elements, and the first set of resource elements differing from the second set of resource elements;

means for receiving, at the first UE from the base station, the first reference signal on the first set of resource elements of the first EPDCCH transmitted from the set of antenna ports;

means for descrambling the received first reference signal based at least in part on a cell identification (ID) shared with the second UE; and

means for demodulating a signal based at least in part on the descrambled first reference signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, in which the first EPDCCH is a distributed EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH is a localized EPDCCH.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, in which both the first EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH are distributed EPDCCHs.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, in which the first EPDCCH is a unicast EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH is a broadcast EPDCCH.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, comprising:

program code to cause at least one computer to map, at a first user equipment (UE), a receiver of the first UE to a set of antenna ports of a base station that are mapped to a second UE, such that the set of antenna ports are shared with the second UE, and a plurality of resource elements of the set of antenna ports are shared between the first UE and the second UE;

program code to cause the at least one computer to configure, at the first UE, the receiver to receive a first reference signal on a first set of resource elements of a first enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) transmitted from the set of antenna ports, a second reference signal intended for the second UE transmitted on a second set of resource elements of a second EPDCCH from the set of antenna ports, the first set of resource elements and the second set of resource elements selected from the plurality of resource elements, and the first set of resource elements differing from the second set of resource elements;

program code to cause the at least one computer to receive, at the first UE from the base station, the first reference signal on the first set of resource elements of the first EPDCCH transmitted from the set of antenna ports;

program code to cause the at least one computer to descramble the received first reference signal based at least in part on a cell identification (ID) shared with the second UE; and

program code to cause the at least one computer to demodulate a signal based at least in part on the descrambled first reference signal.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, in which the cell ID is a physical cell ID or a virtual cell ID.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, in which the first EPDCCH is a distributed EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH is a localized EPDCCH.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, in which both the first EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH are distributed EPDCCHs.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, in which the first EPDCCH is a unicast EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH is a broadcast EPDCCH.

16. A first user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured;

to map a receiver of the first UE to a set of antenna ports of a base station that are mapped to a second UE, such that the set of antenna ports are shared with the second UE, and a plurality of resource elements of the set of antenna ports are shared between the first UE and the second UE;

to configure the receiver to receive a first reference signal on a first set of resource elements of a first enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) transmitted from the set of antenna ports, a second reference signal intended for the second UE transmitted on a second set of resource elements of a second EPDCCH from the set of antenna ports, the first set of resource elements and the second set of resource elements selected from the plurality of resource elements, and the first set of resource elements differing from the second set of resource elements;

to receive, from the base station, the first reference signal on the first set of resource elements of the first EPDCCH transmitted from the set of antenna ports;

to descramble the received first reference signal based at least in part on a cell identification (ID) shared with the second UE; and

to demodulate a signal based at least in part on the descrambled first reference signal.

17. The first UE of claim 16, in which the cell ID is a physical cell ID or virtual cell ID.

18. The first UE of claim 16, in which the first EPDCCH is a distributed EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH is a localized EPDCCH.

19. The first UE of claim 16, in which both the first EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH are distributed EPDCCHs.

20. The first UE of claim 16, in which the first EPDCCH is a unicast EPDCCH and the second EPDCCH is a broadcast EPDCCH.

21. The first UE of claim 16, in which the first EPDCCH is from a common search space and the second EPDCCH is from a user equipment-specific search space.